Re: round 2

[Jake Morrison <jake_morrison@example.com>]

Peter,

--- Peter Evans <peter@example.com> wrote:
> Me:
> 
> > I type XFree86 and Enter.
> 
> > Wowee, grafix! I get a gray screen with an X cursor.
> 
> > What am I supposed to do with this?
> 
> Ah, digging around in my book about RH 6.2 suggested hitting
> Ctrl-Alt-BS. That worked.  
> (Incidentally, I think it's a pity that, unlike RH 6.2,
> RH 7.1 agrees with the IBM/Fujitsu suits that the key next to "A" is
> CapsLock and that the useful Ctrl is hidden away in a corner.)

You can fix this with "xmodmap". There is an example of doing this
in the manpage. This is one of the reasons people like X Windows --
you can configure it the way you want. It is also one of the reasons
people dislike it -- everything is configurable, and you have to
learn more than you ever wanted to know in order to set things up....

> 
> startx bombed out with the charming message
> 
> "Fatal server error: No valid modes found"
> 
> Sure enough, a look at the logfile revealed no modes. I wanted (and
> had attempted to set) 800x600, but read

Post the logfile, it may give us some clues.

> 
> "SVGA mode '800x600' needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted."
> 
> Well, hey, sorry, but I specified 37.8 kHz; as this is what both the
> manual and http://www.fmworld.net/product/former/bi9706/nu/spec.html
> (note 3) say.  Why should 800x600 need 48.08 kHz -- or how might I
> tell X that it doesn't need this?
> 
> And another small point: Although I told the installation procedure
> that I had a generic three-button mouse, I read that I have a 
> five [!] button mouse. Should I worry?

It's not really a problem. It just means that the wheel mouse won't
work until you get it configured properly (which is generally not
very hard).

> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Peter Evans peter@example.com
> 

Unfortunately, I have already deleted the mails from the last
pass where we figured out what chipset was in your hardware....

I think you may want to generate a new XF86Config-4 file from
scratch (save the old ones...). 

You can use xf86config to make one. SuperProbe may be useful
for figuring out settings. 

Regards,
Jake


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